Vehicle-body.



PATENTBD FEB. 7, 190'5.

H. SMITH.

VEHICLE BODY.

APPLIOATIQN FILED MAY 17, 1904.

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No. 781,850. PATENTED FEB. '7, 1905. H. SMITH.

VEHICLE BODY.

APPLIUA'HON FILED MAY 17, 1904.

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VEHICLE BODY.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1904.

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Patented February '7, 1905.

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HINS'DALE SMITH, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

VEHICLE-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 781,850, dated February'7, 1905.

Application filed May 17,1904. Serial No. 208,417.

To (1.77 who/1L it' may cm2/cern:

Be it known that I, HINsDALE SMITH, acitizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Springlield, in the county otl Hampden andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vehicle-Bodies, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

'lhis invention relates to improvements in the construction ofvehicle-bodies, and more especially those designed to support and carryfront and rear double seat-s.

An object of the invention is to provide a vehicle-body which iscomposed mostly of metal and which is nevertheless comparatively light,but very strong and also devoid of projections constituted byfastenings, more especially externally of the body, whereby avchicle-body of sightly and very attractive appearance may be produced.

Another object is to provide special [ittings and appliances and tocombine the same in the vehicle-body structure and with the backsadjacent the rear-seat bottoms.

In the drawings illustrating the improved vehicle-lmdy, Figure 1 is aplan view. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation as taken on the line 2 0 Fig.l. Fig. 3 is a cross-section looking rearwardly beyond the line 3 3,Fig. 1. Fig. I is a perspective view, on a larger scale, slunvingstructural features and combinations in the part of the body adjacentthe rearwardly entering door. rlhis peculiar view shows the parts asseen looking in the direction ot' the arrow and beyond the see- 1tion-line 4f l, Fig. 1. Figs. and (5 are a scctional and rear view of aform of bracket employed.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all ofthe views.

'Ihe invention consists in constructions,com binations, and arrangementsof parts, all substantially as hereinafter fully described, and setforth in the claims.

'lhe main portion or underbody A is in the form of a rectangular box,the rear wall of which is inclined from the vertical and provided with adoorway or entrance-opening a, for which a hinged door is to beprovided, the same not shown. The body A is constructed of upper andlower rectangular frames l() and 1Q, of steel or angle-iron, having thehorizontal flanges 14. thereof inwardly projecting, while the verticalflanges I5 constitute backs, against the inner surfaces of which arefitted panels 16, of sheet metal, preferably aluminium, the connectionsbeing made by riveting, as represented at 17. 'l`he forward part of theunder-body A, back, however, from the dashboard-supporting extension iscrossbraced by the pair of arches or girders f/ and c, made ofangle-bars and aluminium panels riveted thereto, as represented in Figs.l, 2, and 3, these girders or transverse arches stitlening andtransversely tying the body and constituting supports for the pair offront seats represented by dotted lines atfj". Upright angle-bars 1E)l.) are provided at the rear corners, and vertically-applied angular 'orother formed bars Qt) Q0, one of which is shown in Fig. l, are prmf'idedat the portion ofthe under-body back next to the doorway or rear openingu thereinto.

B B 4represent the bottoms for the rear duplicated seats, of which C lrepresent the backs. The rear seats` as represented in Figs. l, Q, and3, are rounded and swelled outwardly and rearwardly, and the bottoms B Bare constituted by boards havingl the shapes more particularly shown inl `ig. 1 and which are secured on and to the upper angle-bars of theunderbody by the bolts 22, the said boards overhanging both inwardly andmltwardly the sides and rear end of the underbody. 'lhe aluminium panels2l, curved to conform to the external edge of thel seatbottoms B, haveat their upper and lower edges the angle-bars 35,to the vertical membersof which thc panels are marginally riveted, and the lower angle-bars arefastened to the seat-bottom boards.

The inwardly-overhanging portions of the seats and backs B and C aresupported and reinforced by parts as follows, it being pointed out thatthe backs have at the corners adjacent the doorway-opening l the more orless nearly vertical angle-bars QG 26, an inwardlyextendingbracketg/,and an outwardly-exteiul ing bracket z, having their straightadjacent faces abutted against and to hold in a clamp- IOO like mannerthe marginal portions of the panels 161l 16 and the iange-like membersof the vertical bars 20, the bolts 27, with confining-nuts, holding theparts together. The brackets /t are, as shown, formed hollowgthat is,they are each constructed with a back 30, a top or shelf-like member 32,and opposite side cheeks 33 33. After fastening-bolts are insertedthrough the back 3() of the bracket the thin metallic curved strip 34 issoldered, brazed, or otherwise fastened to the rear edge portions of thechambered bracket-casting, giving' to the bracket a Hush and sightlyrear edge. The seat-bottoms are by the bolts 2l secured by being passedand fastened vertically through the inner horizontal extremities of theinner brackets g.

The bottom angle-bars 35 at the junction of the seat-bottoms have theirextremities bolted, as indicated at 36, to the outer extremities of theouter brackets, such bolts at 36 having the heads thereofl concealedwithin the chambered and inclosed'brackets L, and such bars extendexternally around the backs and forwardly throughout thel whole lengthof each thereof, having connection with the panels of the backs and withthe seat-bottom boards by rivets, bolts, or other appropriatefastenings.

An approximately triangular gusset or connecting-plate j is provided torange ina general fore and aft direction and to have a location at thejunction of the lower portion of the upright angle-bar 26 with theseat-bottom board B. This gusset-plate j is by the screws 40 40 near itslower edge fastened to the seatbottom B,and its rear upright edge 43 isformed with a rabbet, as shown in Fig. 4 and also in Fig. l, so as tomatch with and have its outer face flush and continuous with theinwardlyextending liange-like portion of the upright angle-bar 26,connection of the matched-together parts being made by the line ofriveting 42.

The rear divided wall of the underbody at both sides of thedoorway-opening' t has provided within the aluminium panels the diag'-onally-arranged metallic bars the extremities of which are riveted tothe upright angle-bars 19 at the corners of the underbody and theupright bars 2O 20 at the boundaries of the doorway-opening and whichbars 2O 2O are continuous substantially in the line of the upright bars26 for the seat-backs.

To the bars 20 and 26 are secured, at one side of the doorway-opening atthe rear of the body, the metallic lugs m m, to which the rear door maybe hinged. The underbody is designed to receive therein and support onthe horizontal flange-like members of the anglebars l2 l2 a suitableflooring, which may be either of wood or metal and which is not hereillustrated.

The parts comprising the duplicated seat-l bottom boards and roundedmetallic backs Aprovide in the described structure a two-part tonneau,which, as occasion may render desirable, may be removed, leaving thebody with only the front double seats, so that the space inthe underbodyto the rear thereof may be utilized otherwise than for carrying persons.The seats both front and rear are of course to be cushioned andupholstered, and the body externally is to be painted, varnished, anddecorated in whole or in part, or it may be polished and finished in thenatural metal, in either case rendered attractive and sightly, andespecially so by the flush and continuous surfaces produced inconsequence'of the construction and arrangement of the parts making andstrengthening the frame of the body, the rear seats, and the backs forthe latter.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

l. In a vehicle-body, a rectangular underbody composed of upper andlower rectangular frames, each constituted by angle-barsvertically-extending bars connecting the one of said frames with theother, one or more transverse girder-arches extending from side to sideof the structure and connected with the upper and lower angle-barframes, and sheet -metal panels riveted to the vertical members of theangle-bar frames.

Q. 1n a Vehicle-body, the combination with the underbody constituted byupper and lower frames comprising angle bars and intermediatesheet-metal panels riveted to the vertical members of the angle-bars,and vertical connections between the upper and lower angle-bar frames,of the duplicated seat-bottoms and backs united to the bodies, saidbottoms having internal portions thereof resting on the upper frame ofthe underbody and fastened thereto and overhanging side and rearwardportions of the underbody.

3. In a vehicle-body, in combination, the

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underbody-section of rectangular form, comy posed of upper and lowerframes, and intermediate panels riveted thereto, and provided with anopeningat its middle rear portion, having at the margins thereofvertical metallic bars connecting upper and lower members of theaforesaid upper and lower frames, the seat-bottoms made with rounded,rearwardlydisposed backs, having forward extensions, said bottomsresting on the underbody` and secured thereto, and pairs of inwardly andoutwardly arranged brackets formed as parts of the said verticalmetallic bars and supporting the seat-bottoms both forward and at therear of the underbody-back.

4. In a structure of the character described, i'

the combination with the underbody comprising top and bottom framescomposed of angle-bars and intermediate sheet-metal panels and having atthe rear end a doorway with vertical metallic bars at each side thereofextending from top to bottom of the underbody, of the separate andduplicated seat- IIO bottoms and connected rounded backs supported onand outwardly overhang'ing' the upper trame ot' the underbi'idy, andcomprising' the bottom boards, the upper and lower metallic bars, andthe intermediate sheet-metal panels, the said bottom boards being boltedto the upper metallic frame of the underbody, and inner and outerbrackets having' vertical members thereotl secured to the verticalmetallic bars at the sides of the doorway, the seat-bottoms being'supported on the inner brackets, and the lower metallic bars ot' theseat-backs being' bolted to the tops ot' the rearwaidly-extending' outerbrackets.

Al n a structure ot the character described, the combination with theunderbody comprising' a top trame composed ot' angle-bars, and having'at its back a doorway, and rearwardlyextcnding' brackets at each side ofsuch doorway, ot the separate and duplicated seat-bottoms and connectedrounded sheetmetal backs supported on and outwardly overhang'- ing' theupper Jframe otl the underbody, and comprising' the bottom boards, theupper and lower metallic bars and the intermediate panels, the saidbottom boards being' bolted to the upper metallic trame ot' theunderbody, the ends ot' the lower metallic bars being' secured to thesaid brackets to the rear of the underbodv-back.

e. in a struetureotl the characterdescribed, the umlerbody composed ot'upper and lower ang'le -bar trames, and intermediate sheetmetal panels,and having' a door-opening' at its rear end, and the vertical metallicbars Q 2O at the sides ot' said opening' connecting' the upper and lowertrames, the inner and outer brackets y/ and /t arranged back to back atthe 0pposite sides ot' said vertical bars and having' bolts passedthroug'h both their backs and through the vertical bars, theseat-bottoms and connected rounded sheet-metal backs having the upperand lower metallic bars 25, and 35, end portions otl the latter adjacentsaid door-opening being' secured by vertically-applied bolts to the topot' the rearwardly-extending' outer brackets, and the seat-boards being'secured b v vertically-applied tastening's to the upper angle-bar Vtrameot' the underbodv, and to the inner brackets.

T. lna structure otl the characterdescribed, the combination with theunderbod)Y comprising' top and bottom trames composed ot anglebars andhavingl at the rear end a doorway with vertical metallic bars at eachside thereof extt-znding' from top to bottom of the underbodv. ot theseparate and duplicated seat-bottoms and connected rounded backssupported on and outwardl)v overhang'ing' the upper trame ot' theunderbody, and comprising' the bottom boards, the Lipper and lowermetallic bars, Q5 and 35, the upright metal bars Q6 and the intermediatesheet-metal panels, the said bottom boards being' bolted to the uppermetallic traine of the underbody, and inner and Outer brackets having`vertical members thereot' secured to the vertical metallic bars at thesides ot' the doorway, the seat-bottoms being` supported on the innerbrackets, the lower metallic bars ot' the seat-backs beingbolted to thetops of the reaiwvardly-extending' outer brackets, and the triangularmetallic g'ussets j fastened to said upright bars 26 and to the innerrear edg'e portions ot` the said boards.

.8. In a structure ot' the character described, the underbody composedot' upper and lower angle-bar trames, and intermediate sheetmetalpanels, and having' a door-opening' at its rear end, and the verticalmetallic bars @Oat the sides ot' the opening' connecting' the upper andlower trames, the inner bracket `r/ and outer bracket constructedhollow, and said brackets arranged back to back at the opposite sidesot' said vertical bars and having' bolts passed through the backs ot'both brackets and through the vertical bars, the closing'- strips 34 atthe rear edges ot' the outer brackets the seat-bottoms and connectedrounded sheet metal backs having' the upper and lower metallic bars and35, end portions ot the latter adjacent said door-opening' being'secured b v vertically-applied bolts to the top ot' therearwardly-extending' hollow outer brackets, and the seat-boards being'secured by vertically-applied fastening's to the upper angle-bar frameot' the underbody, and to the inner brackets.

9. In a structure of the character described, in combination, theunder-body having' at its back the door-opening', and provided at theboundaries thereotl with uprig'ht metallic bars, the brackets y, and thebrackets /1\, ot' hollow construction, the pairs of said brackets being'arranged back to back at the rear and t'ront sidesot' said uprig'htbarsand having' therefor the horiZontalLy-connecting' bolts QT withfastening-nuts, the seat-bottoms and connected rounded backs resting' onthe upper edg'es ot' the rear opposite portions ot' the underbod \Y andsecured thereto, and also resting' on said brackets and having' tor theconnection thereot with said brackets vertically-applied bolts 2i and36, each bolt 3b being' inclosed within the hollow bracket, and saidhollow brackets having' the flush strips secured to their rear edg'es,closing' the openings therein.

Sig'ned b y me at Sp ring'h'eld, Massachusetts, in presence of twosubscribing' witnesses.

HINSDALE SMITH.

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